rumTechnical information about ISO 639 language code rum
The table below provides technical details for the Moldavian, Moldovan, Romanian language, designated by the rum code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Moldavian, Moldovan, Romanian Native Română |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Wallachian (Muntenian)MoldavianBanatCrișana (Transylvanian) |
| Related languages | AromanianMegleno-RomanianIstro-Romanian |
| Key facts | Romanian is the only major Romance language spoken east of the AdriaticIt keeps a two-case system (nominative-accusative vs. genitive-dative) that is closer to Latin than most Romance tonguesRoughly 10–15 % of core Romanian vocabulary is of Slavic originThe oldest known Romanian text is Neacșu's Letter from 1521Romanian marks the definite article by attaching it as a suffix to the noun |
| Sample phrase | Bună, ce faci? |
| Character encodings | |
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The Moldavian, Moldovan, Romanian language, identified by the code rum, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Moldavian, Moldovan, Romanian language: rum for bibliographic purposes and ron for terminology uses.
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